W.S. Gilbert wrote the words, Arthur Sullivan composed the music, and together they revolutionized theatre music in English. This new series presents songs and arias from their timeless operettas, collected by voice type. Piano accompaniments for each work are available online.
Contents: THE GONDOLIERS: On the Day When I Was Wedded, When a Merry Maiden Marries • IOLANTHE: My Lord, a Suppliant at Your Feet, Oh, Foolish Fay • HMS PINAFORE: I’m Called Little Buttercup • THE MIKADO: Alone, and Yet Alive • PATIENCE: Silver’d Is the Raven Hair • THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: When Frederic Was a Little Lad • PRINCESS IDA: A Lady Fair of Lineage High, Come Mighty Must! • RUDDIGORE: Cheerily Carols the Lark, Sir Rupert Murgatroyd, To a Garden Full of Posies • UTOPIA LIMITED: When But a Maid of Fifteen Years • THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD: Were I Thy Bride, When Maiden Loves, She Sits and Sighs, When Our Gallant Norman Foes
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
